City of Richmond v. Howell

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Chief Justice.

The legislative body of the appellant city of Richmond, a third-class city, preferred five charges against appellee, policeman Walker Howell, and after a hearing dismissed him (KRS 95.450). He appealed to the circuit court (KRS 95.460), where judgment was entered finding that some of the charges were sufficiently proven and others were not. The circuit court adjudged that appellee’s conduct did not justify his dismissal but did “establish a lesser degree of misconduct” and ordered his suspension for a period of forty-five days without pay. We reverse.

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